Principal Bassoon Fei Xie invites Danish Music Director Thomas Søndergård to Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia). Fei shares stories about his native culture while exploring Mia's renowned Chinese art collection, much of which was gifted by Minnesota's philanthropic community.

Concertmaster Erin Keefe shows Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Thomas Søndergård the Mill District from the Stone Arch Bridge, overlooking the Mississippi River. Erin and her husband Conductor Laureate Osmo Vänskä live in this historic neighborhood surrounded by nature and the arts.

Principal Oboe Nathan Hughes shows Danish Music Director Thomas Søndergård Lake Harriet where the community gathers to bike and see the Minnesota Orchestra perform in its bandshell.

YourClassical Minnesota Public Radio's Melissa Ousley visited Minnesota Orchestra Music Director Thomas Søndergård in his native Denmark to explore some of the most important places in his life.

Malcolm-Jamal Warner performs his original poem titled Art In Motion.

Trumpeter Charles Lazarus performs “Offertory” from Leonard Bernstein’s Mass, with the Minnesota Orchestra, led by conductor Sarah Hicks. Featuring Tommy Barbarella on piano, Jeff Bailey on bass and David Schmalenberger on drums.

In 1941, Mexican percussionist, composer and conductor José Pablo Moncayo wrote Huapango at the request of Carlos Chávez for the Symphony Orchestra of Mexico. Based on the folk music and dance of the Veracruz area on the Gulf of Mexico, Moncayo wrote a work that has become somewhat of an unoffici...

Violinist Aaron Janse visits the Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia)’s exhibition: Botticelli and Renaissance Florence: Masterworks from the Uffizi, to explore art and music of the time with co-curator Rachel McGarry.